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Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Waiting On Wednesday: HarperCollins Winter 2016 Catalog

Waiting On Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill of Breaking The Spine in which upcoming, eagerly anticipated releases are highlighted on the blog.

This week, I've chosen to feature a few picks from the HarperCollins Winter 2016 Catalog:

Shade Me by Jennifer Brown
Date: January 19, 2016
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Nikki Kill does not see the world like everyone else. In her eyes, happiness is pink, sadness is a mixture of brown and green, and lies are gray. Thanks to a rare phenomenon called synesthesia, Nikki’s senses overlap, in a way that both comforts and overwhelms her.
Always an outsider, just one ‘D’ shy of flunking out, Nikki’s life is on the fast track to nowhere until the night a mysterious call lights her phone up bright orange—the color of emergencies. It’s the local hospital. They need Nikki to identify a Jane Doe who is barely hanging on to life after a horrible attack.
The victim is Peyton Hollis, a popular girl from Nikki’s school who Nikki hardly knows. One thing is clear: Someone wants Peyton dead. But why? And why was Nikki’s cell the only number in Peyton’s phone?
As she tries to decipher the strange kaleidoscope of clues, Nikki finds herself thrust into the dark, glittering world of the ultra-rich Hollis family, and drawn towards Peyton’s handsome, never-do-well older brother Dru. While Nikki’s colors seem to help her unravel the puzzle, what she can’t see is that she may be falling into a trap. The only truth she can be sure of is that death is a deep, pulsing crimson.

Shade Me features a protagonist that has synesthesia, a condition in which stimulation of one sensory pathway results in the stimulation of another sense... in this case, the main character perceives emotions as colours. I've always found neurological conditions like synesthesia fascinating and I'm very curious to read Jennifer Brown's take on what it would be like to experience this phenomenon!


Revenge And The Wild by Michelle Modesto
Date: February 2, 2016
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The two-bit town of Rogue City is a lawless place, full of dark magic and saloon brawls, monsters and six-shooters. But it’s perfect for seventeen-year-old Westie, the notorious adopted daughter of local inventor Nigel Butler.
Westie was only a child when she lost her arm and her family to cannibals on the wagon trail. Nine years later, Westie may seem fearsome with her foul-mouthed tough exterior and the powerful mechanical arm built for her by Nigel, but the memory of her past still haunts her. She’s determined to make the killers pay for their crimes—and there’s nothing to stop her except her own reckless ways.
But Westie’s search ceases when a wealthy family comes to town looking to invest in Nigel’s latest invention, a machine that can harvest magic from gold—which Rogue City desperately needs as the magic wards that surround the city start to fail. There’s only one problem: the investors look exactly like the family who murdered Westie’s kin. With the help of Nigel’s handsome but scarred young assistant, Alistair, Westie sets out to prove their guilt. But if she’s not careful, her desire for revenge could cost her the family she has now.

Revenge and the Wild initially caught my eye because it's been a while since I've read steampunk, which is a genre I've always loved. More recently, I've been hearing some murmurings from reviewers who really loved this debut from Michelle Modesto, so sign me up!


The Girl From Everywhere by Heidi Heilig
Date: February 16, 2016
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Heidi Heilig’s debut teen fantasy sweeps from modern-day New York City to nineteenth-century Hawaii to places of myth and legend. Sixteen-year-old Nix has sailed across the globe and through centuries aboard her time-traveling father’s ship. But when he gambles with her very existence, it all may be about to end. The Girl from Everywhere, the first of two books, will dazzle readers of Sabaa Tahir, Rae Carson, and Rachel Hartman.
Nix’s life began in Honolulu in 1868. Since then she has traveled to mythic Scandinavia, a land from the tales of One Thousand and One Nights, modern-day New York City, and many more places both real and imagined. As long as he has a map, Nix’s father can sail his ship, The Temptation, to any place, any time. But now he’s uncovered the one map he’s always sought—1868 Honolulu, before Nix’s mother died in childbirth. Nix’s life—her entire existence—is at stake. No one knows what will happen if her father changes the past. It could erase Nix’s future, her dreams, her adventures . . . her connection with the charming Persian thief, Kash, who’s been part of their crew for two years. If Nix helps her father reunite with the love of his life, it will cost her her own.

The Girl From Everywhere is another 2016 debut, but I'm not entirely sure what to make of its premise... All I know is it sounds super original and that's almost always a plus in my book. So I say bring on the time-travelling ships!


How about you? Are you waiting on any of these HarperCollins Winter 2016 reads? Are there any upcoming books from the HarperCollins Winter 2016 Catalog that I didn't include here that you feel I should add to my list?

13 comments :

  1. So excited for all these books! My WoW is the last in a trilogy... which always makes me nervous because those are the books I take forever to read.

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  2. YES so many great things coming from Harper this year!! Revenge and Girl from Everywhere are definitely at the top of my to-read list!

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  3. Wow, The Girl From Everywhere sounds incredibly awesome. This is the first I've heard of it. Definitely going on my TBR.

    My WoW

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  4. I have The Girl from Everywhere on my Anticipated reads list for 2016. I haven't heard of Revenge and the Wild before. I hope all of these books are just as good as their gorgeous covers. Great picks, Aylee!

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  5. I am really interested in Shade Me. I always thought it would be interesting if that condition were written about in a book, so I'm curious to see how it's done! I've heard of the other two - I'll be curious to see reviews!

    -Lauren

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  6. Awesome picks this week Aylee :D Thank you for sharing. <3 I hope you will end up loving all of these books :) I'm not going to read any of them, but they do look interesting :) I was curious about that last one.. until I heard about the love triangle. Ugh. I'm staying far away, lol :D Happy reading. <3

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    1. haha, yeah if only there wasn't a dreaded love triangle!

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  7. Really excited about The Girl From Everywhere! I'm intrigued by Shade Me too - I read another book where the main character had synesthesia and it was really interesting! Don't know too much about Revenge and the Wild but it definitely sounds good, and I haven't read a steampunk book in a while either! Great picks.

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  8. I always smile when I see a new Recovering Potter Addict post. I just thought you should know :)

    Out of these books, the only one I've heard about is The Girl From Everywhere. It sounds really intriguing but I'm trying this thing where I *don't* add EVERY book that peaks my interest straight onto my tbr shelf...in an attempt to keep the thing under control LOL! When reviews start coming out though, I'll make the call!

    Perceiving emotions as colours though? Stuff like that is fascinating to me so thank you for putting Shade Me on my radar ♥ Revenge and the Wild sounds really unique. I love the steampunk combined with the setting and premise! The positive buzz is encouraging too :) Lovely selection^^

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    1. Aww, that's sweet :D

      For me, I rarely ever seriously consider reading a book until I know more about it via reviewers and whether it would be something I would enjoy. I guess I use my WOW posts more as a means of listing books I have my eye on...

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  9. SHADE ME SOUNDS SO AWESOME! I currently have Revenge and the Wild up next in my TBR and I have read TGFE! Awesome picks!
    My WoW

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  10. Shade Me does sound very cool! There haven't been that many YA books about synesthesia. I'm always on the lookout for YA books featuring psychological aspects so I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for this one :)

    My WoW

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  11. These seem super interesting and I really hope you love them once you get to them. I'll be waiting for your reviews before picking anything up. Nice picks!

    Sarika @ The Readdicts

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